1996 Dare and Go ends Cigars record tying victory streak at 16
1996 Yanks lose ending 3rd best home series victory streak at 24
1996 Aravinda De Silva gets 107* and 3-42 in cricket World Cup victory
1996 Lenny Wilkens, winningest coach in NBA, coaches his 1,000th victory
1995 Greg Maddux of Braves sets record of 17 consecutive road victory
1995 New Jersey Devils Stanley Cup Victory Party, admidst rumours they were moving to Nashville, goalie Chris Terreri holds up "Nashville? NO WAY!" sign
1995 Gerard Thomas Victory, composer, dies at 73
1995 Zimbabwe's 1st Test Cricket victory, over Pakistan by an inning
1993 Nolan Ryan, 324th and final victory, Rangers 4, Indians 1
1993 Colorado Rockies 1st home game and 1st victory, 11-4 over Mont Expos
1992 Sri Lanka's third-ever Test Cricket victory (v NZ by 9 wkts)
1991 Miami Dolphins coach Don Shula records his 300th career NFL victory
1991 Nolan Ryan's 4-3 victory over Twins is his 312th career win
1991 Giant Victory, driven by Jack Moiseyev, wins Hambletonian
1991 With New York Yankee victory, 10 of 14 AL teams are at .500 or better
1991 Victory parade held in Washington D.C., Persian Gulf War
1991 Matt Barr's field goal with no time left gives New York Giant 15-13 Victory over defending champs San Francisco 49ers, for NFC title
1990 Paul Newman wins a court victory over Julius Gold, to keep giving all profits from Newman foods to charity
1989 Fog Bowl: Heavy fog rolls in on Bears 20-12 victory over Eagles
1989 Chris Evert defeats 15-year-old Monica Seles for her 101st and last U.S. Tennis Open singles victory
1989 Red Sox lead Blue Jays 10-0 in 7th, but lose 12-11 in 12 for Blue Jays 12th consecutive victory at Fenway
1988 New York Met Davey Johnson becomes 2nd manager to record 400 victory in 1st 4 years (Al Lopez did it 1st)
1987 Milwaukee Brewers lose after 13th straight victory to start season
1987 "334" club forms as 334 brave Devil fans journey through 20" of snow to attend New Jersey Devils 7-5 victory over Calgary at Meadowlands
1986 California Angels within 1 pitch of pennant victory lose to Red Sox
1985 Sri Lanka score their 1st Test Cricket victory, by 149 runs vs. India
1985 Alexander Scourby, actor (Victory at Sea, Ransom), dies at 71
1984 Indian PM Rajiv Gandhi claims victory in parlimetary elections
1984 Boston's Roger Clemens beats Twins, 5-4, for his 1st victory
1983 Washington Capitals 1st NHL overtime victory beating Vancouver 5-4
1983 New Orleans Saints 1st OT victory; beating Chicago Bears 34-31
1983 New Zealand score their 1st Test Cricket match victory in England
1982 Imran Khan 8-60 to bring innings victory vs. India at Karachi
1982 Devils 1st road victory 6-5 over Penguins
1982 New Jersey Devils 1st victory, beating New York Rangers 3-2 at Meadowlands
1982 New Orleans Saints 1st road shutout victory beating Chicago Bears 10-0
1981 Washington Capitals biggest margin of victory (9) beating Toronto 11-2
1979 George Brent, actor (Baby Face, Dark Victory, 42nd St), dies at 75
1975 Fred Lynn gets 10 RBIs in a Red Sox 15-1 victory over Tigers
1974 Washington Capitals 1st NHL home victory, beating Chicago 4-3
1973 New Orleans Saints 1st shutout victory, 13-0 vs Buffalo Bills
1973 Famous victory at the SCG Pakistan chasing 158 all out 106
1971 NBA's Los Angeles Lakers starts a 33 game consecutive victory streak
1970 Cleve Cavaliers 1st NBA home victory, beating Buffalo Braves 108-106
1970 Cleve Cavaliers 1st NBA victory (11th game), beating Portland 105-103
1969 After 9,015 at bats Hank Aaron is lifted for a pinch hitter, Mike Lum, who doubled in a 15-3 victory over New York Mets
1968 U.S. Olympic Committee suspends Tommie Smith and John Carlos for giving "black power" salute as a protest during victory ceremony
1968 Detroit Tigers' Denny McLain's 30th victory of season
1967 New Orleans Saints 1st NFL victory, beat Philadelphia Eagles 31-24
1967 New Orleans Saints 1st pre-season victory, beat St. Louis 23-14
1967 A. J. Foyt and Dan Gurney drove a Ford to victory in Le Mans
1967 New York Met Tom Seaver's 1st victory, beats Cubs, 6-1
1962 Devastating 8 for 6 spell by Gibbs gives WI cricket victory over India
1961 Warren Spahn records victory #300, beats Cubs 2-1
1959 Australia regain the Ashes with a 10 wicket victory at Adelaide
1959 Castro leads Cuba to victory as Fulgencio Batista flees to Dom Rep
1957 Jockey Johnny Longden's 5,000th career victory
1956 Biggest NBA margin of victory - Minnesota Lakers-133, St. Louis Hawks-75
1955 Brooklyn Dodgers only World Series victory, beating Yankees in 7
1954 Cleveland Browns' Chet Hanulak sets club record with 7 punt returns and win by their largest margin of victory (59) beating Washington 62-3
1953 Jerry Page, golfer, largest PGA victory margin
1951 Joe Louis scored his last knock out victory
1948 1st use of Israeli Air Force and 1st war victory, defeating Syrian army
1945 Aust Services lose 3rd Victory Test Cricket to India by 6 wkts
1945 Aust Services draw second Victory Test Cricket vs. India at Calcutta
1945 Australian Services draw 1st Victory Test against India
1945 England defeat Aust Services by 6 wkts in 5th Victory Test Cricket
1945 England and Aust Services draw 4th Victory Test
1945 Keith Miller scores 110 in the 4 Victory Test Cricket at Lord's
1945 Australian Services win 3rd Victory Test Cricket by 4 wickets
1945 England win the second Victory test cricket at Bramall Lane by 41 runs
1945 Aust Services win 1st Victory Test Cricket at Lord's by 6 wickets
1945 Keith Miller scores 105 in the 1st Victory Test Cricket at Lord's
1945 Start of the 1st Victory Test Cricket between England and Aust Services
1945 Victory celebration at Red Square
1945 Lord Haw-Haw reports total German victory at Ardennen
1944 Walter Piston's "Fugue for a Victory Tune," premieres in New York City
1944 Battle of Eniwetok Atoll begins; U.S. victory on Feb 22
1943 French, British and U.S. victory parade in Tunis Tunisia
1943 Frankfurters replaced by Victory Sausages (mix of meat and soy meal)
1941 Red Sox Lefty Grove becomes 12th to win 300 games (his last victory)
1941 British Prime Minister Winston Churchill launched his "V for Victory" campaign
1940 Dutch PM Colijn publishes "Borders of 2 Worlds" (German victory)
1939 Yankees set AL shutout margin with 21-0 victory over A's
1939 U.S. recognizes Franco government in Spain at end of Spanish civil war Pope Pius XII congratulates Generalissimo Franco's victory in Spain
1937 Pitcher Carl Hubbell's 24th consecutive victory
1936 President Franklin D. Roosevelt wins landslide victory over Alfred M. Landon
1932 Jack Burnett gets 9 hits, Eddie Rommel relieves in 2nd 18-17 victory in 18 as his A's beats Indians in longest relief job
1928 Carl Hubbell's 1st major league victory is a 4-0 shutout of Phils
1927 Lou Gehrig hits 3 home runs in 11-4 victory over Red Sox
1926 Indian Emil Levsen pitches complete doubleheader victory (Red Sox)
1923 10 home runs hit in Phillies 20-14 victory over St. Louis Cardinals
1921 Gerard Thomas Victory, composer
1921 Gerard Victory, composer
1918 Battle of Belleau Wood, 1st U.S. victory of WW I
1913 Netherlands soccer team's 1st victory over England
1911 Cy Young beats Pitts 1-0 for his final career victory, number 511
1910 Cy Young registers his 500th career victory
1908 White Sox Ed Walsh tops Detroit 6-1 for his 40th victory
1908 Jack Chesbro's final Yankee victory, beats Walter Johnson 2-1
1908 Australia regain the Ashes with a 308 run cricket victory vs England
1906 All Chicago World Series, 1st AL victory, White Sox win 4 games to 2 Cubs losers share of $439.50 is lowest for World Series
1903 1st Highlander (Yankee) shut-out victory 1-0 over White Sox
1902 England beat Australia by one wicket at The Oval Famous victory
1900 Victory Theater (Republic, Belasco) opens at 207 W 42nd St. New York City
1900 Boston hurler Kid Nichols notches his 300th career victory
1896 Archibald J Cronin, England, author, Citadel, Shining Victory
1896 Tasmania bowl out Victoria for 65 for their 1st ever innings victory
1895 Tasmania beat Victoria for 1st F-C victory in 41 years
1887 Detroit clinches best-of-15 touring World Championship with its 8th victory in Game 11 this afternoon in Baltimore, 13-3
1887 Phillies set club record 16th straight victory
1887 Bull Montana, Vogliera Italy, actor, Brass Buttons, Victory
1883 England complete 1st innings victory in Tests vs. Aust MCG
1877 Rutherford B Hayes (R) declared president despite Samuel J Tilden (D) winning the popular vote, but is 1 electoral vote shy of victory
1876 President Rutherford B Hayes and Samuel J Tilden claim presidential victory Tilden (D) wins election but Electoral college selects Hayes (R)
1876 Ernest Schelling, Belvidere, New Jersey, composer and conductor, Victory Ball
1864 Gen Lee wins his last victory of Civil War at Battle of Cold Harbor
1863 Battle of Gettysburg Pennsylvania ends, major victory for North
1862 Texas Rangers win Confederate victory at Battle of Val Verde, New Mexico
1861 Battle of Hoke's Run, West Virginia - small Union victory
1765 Adm Nelsons sailboat HMS Victory runs aground
1735 Jury acquits John Zenger (New York Weekly Journal) charged with seditious libel by royal governor of New York (victory for Freedom of press)
1689 Orangeman's Day-Battle of Boyne, Protestant victory in Ireland
1614 Treaty of Xanten: Guliks-Kleefse War victory ends
1532 Pizarro captures Incan emperor Atahualpa after victory at Cajamarca
1515 Battle at Marignano ends in French/Venetian victory
1429 Joan of Arc leads Orleans, France, to victory over English
1379 End of Gelderse war victory
1219 King Valdemar brought victory for Denmark
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